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This article examines the merchant and commodity networks of Trebizond as well as routes at the regional, interregional, and international levels that connected the city to Constantinople, the rest the Black Sea, Armenia, the Near East... more
"Il saggio traccia una sintesi della civiltà bizantina, dalla fondazione di Costantinopoli alla Quarta Crociata. A tutti gli effetti continuazione dell'impero romano, Bisanzio riuscì ad assimilare positivamente le Völkerwanderungen che... more
Στον βυζαντινό και λατινοκρατούμενο ελληνικό χώρο, μετά την Άλωση του 1204, ο συγχρωτισμός με τους επήλυδες ‘επιχειρηματίες’ της Ευρώπης, καθώς και οι τεράστιες απώλειες εδαφών που υφίστανται οι ανώτερες τάξεις, οδηγεί στην ανεύρεση νέων... more
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Edition and study of the book of accounts of the commercial expedition of Berenguer Benet of Barcelona to Constantinople and Pera in 1341-1342
This summary aims to present the outlines of the trade developed between the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands with the Byzantine Empire in the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Emphasizes the primacy of the Crown of... more
The Peloponnese, a province of the Byzantine Empire in the 11th and 12th centuries, was divided into three distinct political entities after 1204: the Frankish Principality of Achaia, the Venetian colonies of Modon and Coron, and the... more
This chapter examines the place of soldiers in the society, economy and culture of civilian communities during the Middle Byzantine period, and the implications for the ‘militarisation’ of social relationships. It explores how the... more
This study of the status and peace-time functions of Byzantine soldiers (300-1200) examines diverse interactions between military personnel and civilian society. Acknowledging various categories and shifting contemporary definitions of... more
It may look strange to investigate economic aspects of a specific market type prima facie. But it is not, because panegyric markets were to some extent under either episcopal or monastic control and fixed in time and space to the feast... more
Using the evidence coming from the archives of Mount Athos, this chapter studies the fortifications, in particular towers, which were built in private estates. Focusing on late Byzantine southeastern Macedonia, it discusses the function... more
Επιλογή, εποπτεία και επιμέλεια της αφιερωμένης στη Βυζαντινή Περίοδο ενότητας (253 σελ.), η οποία περιλαμβάνει έξι μελέτες (τριών διδακτόρων της Βυζαντινής Ιστορίας και ενός Αρχαιολόγου-Νομισματολόγου) και εκτενή Βιβλιογραφία.... more
Late Roman/Early Byzantine Halasarna - The amphoras evidence The excavation of the University of Athens at Halasarna (modern Kardamaina) in Cos Island brought to light many commercial amphoras, vessels of storage and transport of goods,... more
The book represents result of long-term work of the other above diverse sourses, relating to a history of Byzantium. Assembled on the rare materials are entered the reader in the world daily and consequently little-known party of life the... more
"The statistical analysis is based on binary time series (1 = presence of an event in that year, 0 = absence) for extreme weather events, plague epidemics, major earthquakes, ruler change and major events of internal unrest for the... more
On the island of Lemnos during the Late Byzantine period the land property of each athonite monastery is organised in agricultural units (metochia) that constitute their main supply source of essential products. The architecture of... more
Nomos (Rhodion) nautikos is a legal text which was probably written between 600 and 800 A.D. The exact date of its origin cannot be established. Historical science does not know during whose rule Maritime law was declared the official... more
The positions of the Greek Christian Fathers, especially those of the fourth century, on savings and hoarding exerted long influence on Byzantine relevant concepts. Facing socio-economic issues of intense inequality, they attempted to... more
ll volume è l’esito di un progetto interdisciplinare sulla produzione, la circolazione e il commercio del vetro in Italia meridionale, le cui conclusioni sono state presentate nel corso di un seminario internazionale, tenutosi il 29-30... more